Noctuidae 
The moth ranges from Canada to Texas, and from the 
Atlantic to the Great Plains. The larva feeds on the winterberry 
and the lilac. 
Genus MICROCOELIA Guenee 
This genus is like the preceding represented in our territory 
by but one species. 
(i) Microcoelia diphtheroides Guenee, Plate XIX, Fig. 9, $ ; 
form obliterate Grote, Plate XIX, Fig. 10, 6 . (The Marbled 
Microcoelia.) 
The form obliterata in which the marblings are wanting is 
common. The species is found in the Atlantic Subregion of the 
United States. 
Genus JASPIDIA Hubner 
This is a moderately large genus embracing five species, 
which occur in our fauna. We figure two of them. 
(1) Jaspidia lepidula Grote, Plate XIX, Fig. 7, $ . (The 
Marbled-green Jaspidia.) 
This is a common species in the Atlantic Subregion, ranging 
from Canada to the Carolinas and westward to the Mississippi. 
(2) Jaspidia teratophora Herrich-Schaeffer, Plate XIX, 
Fig. 8, $. (The White-spotted Jaspidia.) 
The distribution of this species is practically the same as that 
of the preceding. 
Genus DIPHTHERA Hdbner 
There is but one species of this genus in our fauna. 
(1) Diphthera fallax Herrich-Schaeffer, Plate XVIII, 
Fig. 1, $ . (The Green Marvel.) 
This beautiful little moth is not uncommon in the Appala¬ 
chian, or Atlantic, Subregion of the Continent. 
Genus POLYGRAMMATE Hubner 
This genus like the preceding is represented in our territory 
by but a single species. 
(1) Polygrammate hebraicum Hubner, Plate XIX, Fig. 11, 
$ . (The Hebrew.) 
Syn. hebrcea Guende. 
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